Gretchen Cawthon set up a VC session with a museum with her fourth graders last year. Get the details.
Advantages
no travel
increases opportunity
cheaper than busses and gas
Science experiences simultaneously between two schools
provided diff points of view (diff predictions)
students concerned with quality because they are sharing with kids they don't know
interaction with kids, seeing another school was good, esp with other gifted kids
Disadvantages
technicial failures
impersonal
roles unfamiliar
speaking order - monopoly
time
acoustical probs
informal social interaction not possible
trouble using document cameras, but you can have computer on screen
Solutions
set up and practice ahead of time
invite Kim Addams or Bruce to the first event to help
plan camera focus
plan speakers timing and write a script
plan for good classroom management
have a moderator, who is not the content teacher to cue other group when it is their turn
evaluate the experience and share on ETT subsite we need developed so we have a reference for what works and what we wouldn't want to repeat (I said BBH would not want to be in charge of that)
Stakeholders and Roles
Collaborative Planning Graphic Organizer (on sharepoint site)
objectives
desired outcomes
roles for each stakeholder
Organize
request the equipment (check the calendar)
email Bruce or Kim A about when we want it
lesson plan
script
set up equipment day before to test (10 to 15 min) on the same segment
play with remote for an hour before the first time
retest an hour ahead
preset camera to tables, resources, etc.
acclimate the students
give kids a minute to be silly before the connection
provide for whole class interaction - slates for kids to hold up answers, etc.
ediquette - don't yell "We can't hear you" some kids (John B Dey) was embarrassed because if his soft voice
Advantages
- no travel
- increases opportunity
- cheaper than busses and gas
Science experiences simultaneously between two schools- provided diff points of view (diff predictions)
- students concerned with quality because they are sharing with kids they don't know
- interaction with kids, seeing another school was good, esp with other gifted kids
Disadvantages- technicial failures
- impersonal
- roles unfamiliar
- speaking order - monopoly
- time
- acoustical probs
- informal social interaction not possible
- trouble using document cameras, but you can have computer on screen
Solutions- set up and practice ahead of time
- invite Kim Addams or Bruce to the first event to help
- plan camera focus
- plan speakers timing and write a script
- plan for good classroom management
- have a moderator, who is not the content teacher to cue other group when it is their turn
- evaluate the experience and share on ETT subsite we need developed so we have a reference for what works and what we wouldn't want to repeat (I said BBH would not want to be in charge of that)
Stakeholders and Roles- Collaborative Planning Graphic Organizer (on sharepoint site)
- objectives
- desired outcomes
- roles for each stakeholder
Organize